Slow progress, but gaining more contacts

I called Chicago today. They have not recieved her application yet. So I will follow up with the Murat downtown and see when it was sent. This might be the most daunting task yet. Not a lot I can do; it's kind of out of my hands, but they can't move forward until they have the paperwork.
Thanks to a mutual contact, I spoke with a mother today who lives here in town who has a daughter who is being treated at Shriners in Chicago. She is on her second cast. It was good to have someone to talk to who can answer my questions from a first hand perspective. We are going to get the girls together. Her daughter is just a little older than Makenna. I figure, if she can see someone with a cast before she gets one...it might make it easier. And I'll get lots of information, much more than I would even know to ask questions about.